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Topeka, KS, United States

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Topekans to honor King with special services on Sunday and Monday

Topeka-area residents will take time out to remember the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with special programs on Sunday and Monday, → Read More

Northeast Kansas gears up for winter storm

Northeast Kansas residents hunkered down Friday to deal with an oncoming winter storm, which the National Weather Service predicted would bring the Topeka → Read More

College Hill Pizza Pub closes its doors this week

A College Hill pizza eatery closed its doors this week, and the owner is looking for a buyer for the building. According to its Facebook page, the College → Read More

Sunshine Connection's wish list includes a van for its clients

The Sunshine Connection, a drop-in center that serves people with mental-illness diagnoses, is hoping for a present this holiday season, but what they → Read More

Hundreds turn out to welcome Big Boy steam locomotive to Topeka

Dozens of people stood on large piles of rocks, while others craned their necks, hoping to get the first view of steam from a last-of-its-kind locomotive → Read More

Washburn Tech East to hold fall open house on Thursday

Community members will have an opportunity to get a firsthand look at Washburn Tech East when the facility has a fall open house this week. The event will → Read More

1 dead, 2 injured after car fleeing highway patrol trooper crashes in Topeka

One person died of injuries sustained after the vehicle they were driving was T-boned by a car that was fleeing a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Thursday → Read More

Eagle Car Wash to offer free washes to veterans on Monday

Military veterans and active-duty personnel can get their vehicles spiffed up for free on Veterans Day, thanks to a local car wash. Eagle Auto Wash & → Read More

Domestic violence sweep nets local authorities 18 arrests

Local authorities served 23 warrants and made 18 arrests Wednesday during a domestic violence sweep in Shawnee County, officials announced Thursday.The → Read More

Man arrested in pair of August robberies in Topeka

Topeka police officials on Thursday announced the arrest of a man in connection with a pair of recent business hold-ups in the capital city.Police spokeswoman Gretchen Koenen said Victor A. Arellano, 21, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Aug. 28 robbery of the Panderia Monterrey Bakery and the Aug. 29 robbery of the Ibannos Grill Food Truck.Arellano was booked into the Shawnee County… → Read More

Third arrest made in July homicide in southeast Topeka

A third person has been arrested in connection with a July homicide in southeast Topeka, officials announced Wednesday afternoon.The arrested man was identified as 22-year-old Lavonte D. Johnson.According to Topeka police spokeswoman Gretchen Koenen, Johnson was arrested Tuesday in Pine Bluff, Ark.Koenen said law enforcement officers, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, located… → Read More

Topeka woman arrested in half-million dollar drug bust

A Tuesday traffic stop in Shawnee County resulted in a half-million-dollar drug bust and the arrest of a 30-year-old woman, authorities said.The traffic → Read More

Topeka man charged with Wednesday bank robbery

A Topeka man has been charged in federal court in connection with a bank robbery that occurred Wednesday afternoon in the capital city's downtown area, → Read More

Man wanted in central Topeka shooting captured Wednesday

A man who had been sought by police in connection with an Aug. 27 shooting that sent a woman to the hospital was captured Wednesday afternoon in East Topeka, authorities said.The man, identified as Don Eugean Jackson Jr., 44, of Topeka, was booked at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday into the Shawnee County Jail in connection with aggravated battery and two counts of criminal discharge of a firearm.Police Lt.… → Read More

CapFed Best News: Dinner to honor Topeka evangelist Max Manning

At 91 years young, the Rev. Max Manning remains active in spreading the gospel through Topeka-based Global Missions Inc., an organization he founded in → Read More

Storms pound Topeka area overnight

In the middle of yet another thunderstorm during an August that is approaching a Topeka record for rainfall, Antonio Sumaya and his 5-year-old son Grant → Read More

AAA: Red-light-running deaths hit 10-year high

The number of traffic fatalities resulting from drivers running red lights has spiked in recent years, with 939 deaths reported in 2017 across the United → Read More

Phil Anderson: Cawker City's ball of twine something to behold

CAWKER CITY — Paris is known for its Eiffel Tower.San Francisco has its Golden Gate Bridge.And Cawker City? Well, its claim to fame is its gigantic ball of twine.The world's largest, or so they say.Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people are expected to descend next weekend on this tiny town for its biggest happening of the year. And, you guessed it, the festivities will be centered on that giant… → Read More

Topekan pens book highlighting his experiences with God

As one of the few adherents of the Sikh religion living in Topeka, Daljit Singh Jawa has worked for more than four decades to bring people of different → Read More

Man arrested in Riley County rape investigation

Riley County police have arrested a 60-year-old Manhattan man in connection with a rape investigation, authorities said.The arrested man was identified as → Read More